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[Canada] WOOLLEY: What The Lives Of Smokers Can Tell Us About Economic Tradeoffs
John Broome’s book Weighing Livestakes on some hard questions about longevity. Increasing one person’s life has costs, either because it takes up resources that could have been used to improve another person’s life, or because it decreases that person’s l
May 24, 2013
Business Insider
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May 24, 2013 12:22
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'A Smoker's Guide to Health & Fitness' is Released
In their new book, "A Smoker's Guide to Health & Fitness," sibling authors physician Tamir Katz and writer and researcher Hila Katz argue that, in addition to smoking cessation, a smoker's health can be greatly improved through a proper diet, regular exe
May 3, 2013
BroadwayWorld.com
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May 3, 2013 16:05
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Seeking the Ardent Life, Finding It and Sharing It / Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’
reprinted on the cover of “Country Girl,” Ms. O’Brien’s new memoir. It depicts the young author, cigarette clasped between her middle fingers, glancing to her left at some unseen provocation. The photograph is suggestive of both innocence and experience.
Apr 30, 2013
New York Times
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Apr 30, 2013 05:56
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[South Carolina] Memories of King Tobacco
Eldred Prince and Benton Henry’s book “The Great Harvest: Remembering Tobacco in the Pee Dee” tells the story of the once golden crop and the people that grew it.
Apr 14, 2013
WBTW Channel 13
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Apr 14, 2013 12:29
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[Virginia] South Boston author remembers 'When Tobacco was Good'
In his recently released book, “Once Upon A Time…When Tobacco was Good,” Mills tells of a time in the not so distant past when being in the business of raising tobacco was a very, prestigious and much sought after way of earning a living. A few proud p
Apr 8, 2013
South Boston (VA) Gazette-Virginian
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Apr 8, 2013 09:23
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[Asia, China] In History Departments, It’s Up With Capitalism
Nan Enstad’s book in progress, “The Jim Crow Cigarette: Following Tobacco Road From North Carolina to China and Back,” examines how Southern tobacco workers, and Southern racial ideology, helped build the Chinese cigarette industry in the early 20th centu
Apr 7, 2013
New York Times
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Apr 7, 2013 10:17
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[Oklahoma] Looking Ahead to Local Control of Tobacco Regulation
“A direct vote to the people is very new, and is a dramatic new tactic to repeal tobacco control preemption in Oklahoma,” said Michael Givel, a University of Oklahoma political scientist and the co-author of the upcoming book Heartland Tobacco War, out t
Mar 26, 2013
KGOU Radio (Norman, OK)
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Mar 26, 2013 13:58
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[UK, Ohio] SULLIVAN: My father, the smoker
To grow up with a self-destructive parent is a special kind of torture. The author of Blood Horses recalls an anxious childhood, and a life cut short
Mar 1, 2013
The Guardian (uk)
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Mar 25, 2013 11:00
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Disgraced Ex-Congressman Attacks John Boehner in New Book / Bob Ney, who was imprisoned for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal, has some scores to settle.
“He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life--golf, women, cigarettes ... his ties with a tobacco company were so tight that lawmakers could get free cigarettes from Boehner’s office
Mar 6, 2013
National Journal
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Mar 6, 2013 07:20
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Meet The Next Big Children's Book Author. He Promises No Smoking, Booze or Bad Words
“She’s a Brit,” said Pastis. “Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It’s darker, more cutting. She was perfect.” The Brit’s only requirement for Pastis? That the book have no smoking, booze or swearing.
Feb 24, 2013
Forbes
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Feb 25, 2013 02:05